“Knowledge of the Files”: Subverting Bureaucratic Legibility in the &lt;i&gt;Franklin’s Tale&lt;/i&gt;

Hersh, Cara

doi:10.1353/cr.0.0022

The Chaucer Review

2009

DOI: 10.1353/cr.0.0022

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“Knowledge of the Files”: Subverting Bureaucratic Legibility in the <i>Franklin’s Tale</i>

Cara Hersh¹

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No Laughing Matter: Fraud, the Fabliau and Chaucer’s Franklin’s Tale

Parsons

2011

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It not only presents an Italian novella as a Breton lai, but splices further material from chronicles, saints" lives and classical and patristic literature into its overall form. This paper aims to deepen the Tale"s complexity by noting the presence of a further, unremarked genre in the text, that of the fabliau. In particular, it pays close attention to the figure of the magician, arguing that this character and his tacitly rationalised sorcery are designed to evoke the rascally clercs escoliers of the French texts, whose trickery often has comparable methods and results. The wider implications for interpreting the poem in light of these allusions are also considered.

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No Laughing Matter: Fraud, the Fabliau and Chaucer’s Franklin’s Tale

Parsons

2011

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Networks of exchange in The Franklin's Tale

Thormann

2012

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“Knowledge of the Files”: Subverting Bureaucratic Legibility in the <i>Franklin’s Tale</i>

Cited by 3 publications

References 21 publications

No Laughing Matter: Fraud, the Fabliau and Chaucer’s Franklin’s Tale

No Laughing Matter: Fraud, the Fabliau and Chaucer’s Franklin’s Tale

Networks of exchange in The Franklin's Tale

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